mar m, f (plural mares) 1  sea 2008, CÃ©cile Corbel (lyrics and music), âEn la mar [In the Middle of the Sea]]â, in Songbook vol. 2 (CD, in Spanish), Brittany: Keltia Musique, performed by CÃ©cile Corbel: En la mar hay una torre. En la torre una ventana. 2  seaside. ( 3 selenology) lunar mare.
Within the Pale ditch, settlers lived under the protection of the crown. But once you passed the Pale, you were outside the authority and safety of English law, and subject to all the savageries of rural Ireland. Beyond the pale then became a colloquial phrase meaning outside the limits of acceptable behavior or judgment. Also beyond the pale: hipster haircuts. The English made every attempt not to succumb to the culture beyond the pale. Settlers were forbidden to intermarry with the Irish, and it was illegal to speak Gaelic. The woolen mantles worn by Irish peasants had to be exchanged for good English cloaks, and the glib was banned as well.
The phrase is properly beyond the pale. It means an action thatâs regarded as outside the limits of acceptable behaviour, one thatâs objectionable or improper. I look upon you, sir, as a man who has placed himself beyond the pale of society, by his most audacious, disgraceful, and abominable public conduct. 1  Mr Pott to Mr Slurk (we never learn their first names) in The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, 1837.